Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo County coast, California

I got back home this last weekend from my recent shoot along the Central California coast. One thing that I’ve noticed while working on my current book is that finding a good ground based shot of the “Classic California Beach Town” is not as easy as it [...]

Picture: Lupine and Owl’s clover bloom in spring oak tree woodlands in the Los Padres National Forest, California

This was how my most recent trip started. I want to thank my good friend Michael Routh for bringing me to this location. If you want to see this great display for yourself, dial in the zzzPS coordinatezzzz [...]

Picture: Golden sunrise light over the coastal hills above Gaviota State Beach, near Santa Barbara, California

One thing I can tell you is that this photo doesn’t live up to the reality of the environment. The northernmost public beach in southern California, you’d think it would be warm outside. This photo has a nice warm southern [...]

Picture: Lupines at sunset on green grass hilltop along the Big Sur Coast, Monterey County, California
This beautiful image belies the economic troubles happening several thousand feet below. In relation to my last post, “The Price of Your Passions“, this serene scene could be considered quite costly by some if you hadn’t planned correctly. Yesterday, after [...]

Picture: A pair of Recreational Vehicle campers traveling along a desert highway, near Death Valley, California

I love to drive. But it’s quite the new reality here in the U.S., with summer fast approaching and record gas prices already here- and still climbing; $3.89 at my local station today, $0.05 higher than last Saturday. I’m getting [...]

One of the things I noticed while watching the developing trends and growth of the Microstock arena, and especially with the photographers involved there, is a very strong demand for immediate gratification. In psychology terms, this would be like the basic baby or toddler that has not developed any sense of patience. I’m Hungry. Feed [...]

Picture: Female Japanese tourists looks out over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River toward Lower Upper Yellowstone Fall, Yeloowestone National Park, Wyoming

In my last post I mentioned that I’d been deeply engrossed in working my way through a number of projects this Winter & Spring. One of those was processing all of the RAW image [...]

Picture: Nampeyo, Navajo Potter at work in her studio. Photo by Edward Curtis. Description by the artist: Every visitor at East mesa knows Nampeyo, the potter of Hano, whose creations excel those of any rival. Stranger wander into her house, welcome though unbidden, but Nampeyo only works and smiles. In the plate her paint-stone [...]

OK, I hate to jump on the mass media marketing campaign bandwagon, but for the sake of all the male readers out there, I simply have to. Taco Bell and Sports Illustrated have teamed up to present “Direct Daniella” as part of the media blitz that surrounds the SI Swimwear Edition. In this interactive web [...]

Picture: Sunset light on vineyard along the Silverado Trail, Napa Valley Wine Country, Napa County, California
I was beginning to think it would never happen. Yesterday, I almost thought it was an April Fools joke, but luckily, it wasn’t. But there, in bold relief, was a reported sale of one of my images [...]